Cocktail ya Mocktail

A review of the latest romantic comedy, which failed to live up to its hype.

By SHOBHAA DE

As we emerged from a packed-tocapacity movie hall at my favourite, neighbourhood multiplex, a trendy young woman turned to her even trendier male companion and said, “Yaar, I swear I’d rather become a bewdi drinking mocktails than this cocktail!” It was close to 11 p.m. Dinner time was done a long while ago. Popcorn, no matter how good, is a poor substitute. I should have headed straight to the friendly, neighbourhood bar next door. But, by then even my desire for a monsoon cocktail had been taken care of. I was in Meera (Diana Penty) mode, ready to sing bhajans on an empty stomach and go to bed.



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